Unit Assessment



1.	Which of the following words could be used to describe tone, the author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience?
	A.	free verse
	B.	sympathetic
	C.	oratory
	D.	heroic

2.	Figurative expressions must be interpreted literally.
	A.	True
	B.	False

Read the following lines from Edmund Spencer's "Sonnet 30". Then answer question 3.
What more miraculous things may be told,
That fire, which all things melts, should harden ice,
And ice, which is congealed with senseless cold,
Should kindle fire by wonderful device?



3.	What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
	A.	aabb
	B.	abac
	C.	abab
	D.	aabbcc

4.	Click on the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word. The child was stubborn, and the slightest alteration in plans would upset her.
	A.	change; modification
	B.	violent storm; violent outburst or disturbance
	C.	that which cannot be escaped; death, ruin, or destruction
	D.	verbal communication in speech or writing

5.	How does a reader draw a conclusion about the theme of a written work?


6.	In an essay, the main idea can usually be found within a __________.
	A.	supporting detail
	B.	apostrophe
	C.	title
	D.	thesis

7.	Within the plot of a narrative work, the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced in the __________.
	A.	rising action
	B.	exposition
	C.	climax
	D.	resolution

8.	Which of the following is NOT a type of text structure?
	A.	chronological order
	B.	cause-and-effect order
	C.	comparison-contrast order
	D.	rhyming order

9.	In an argument, a writer states an opinion and supports that opinion by using carefully presented facts and reasoning.
	A.	True
	B.	False

10.	Explain how a reader might use questioning as he or she reads.

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